Known as the “Top Gun Bar.” (You can pick up Tom Cruise-themed items in the bar where the fighter-pilot flick was indeed filmed.) People also flock here for the happy hour (3:30 to 6:30 p.m. daily), when they can plow through $8 pitchers of Bud and Miller, and get deals on chicken wings and onion rings.

The Tin Fish

170 Sixth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter. (619) 238-8100 or tinfishgaslamp.com

You can’t leave San Diego without trying a fish taco. And while they aren’t part of the happy hour offer — which is 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday — you can offset the cost of a $4.50 grilled swordfish taco with drink specials. There are $3.50 house wines, well drinks and draft beers. Bonus: The Tin Fish is a leap away from the convention center.

A high-energy spot, so it’s easy to burn off calories put on during happy hour (4 to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday). The deal includes $3 draft beer, well drinks and house wines: Half-off appetizers like potato skins, popcorn shrimp, chicken wings and homemade potato chips.

Yard House

1023 Fourth Ave., downtown. (619) 233-9273 or yardhouse.com

With enough pilsners, pale ales and porters to drown a naval fleet, this 130-beers-on-tap brewhouse has various beer deals during happy hour (3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday; 10 to midnight Sunday). And there’s half-off appetizers like nachos and wings. Note: It’s a wee bit of a hike from the convention center.